Looks like a keeper, and we saved 12mil over if we had taken him at 13. Nice job Idzik. Can't wait for the season.

OK, that is a very true statement. While Geno is getting bashed for firing his agents, it has been widely reported that his agents convinced him to skip the senior bowl which he wanted to play in. He could have further separated himself from his peers there and maybe guaranteed a Top 5 spot. Senior Bowl has become very important to draft position.

So you could make the argument that his agents potentially cost him $12 million dollars! How is it immature to fire his agents in that case?

That's true for any college QB. If the issue is "he can't play in cold weather" it implies there are other "cold weather" qbs that are used to it. But, like you said, that's not really the case. In fact the only true "Cold weather" qb drafted in the top 10 since 2000 is Matt Ryan (Boston College). There was 1 from Oregon (Harrington), another from Oklahoma (Bradford), and another from West Virginia (Leftwich).

Of the 6 QBs that could have gone in the first 2 rounds, he's the closest thing to a Cold Weather QB

The character assassination of this guy is getting ridiculous. It would almost be funny if these people weren't damaging this guy's professional reputation.

It's going too far - he is being mentioned alongside Ryan Leaf, one of the biggest draft busts in NFL history, before he has even taken a single snap in rookie minicamp.

Journalists used to report the news. Now they want to create it - anything goes as long as they are first, and it sells papers or generates web hits.

I hope Geno uses all this as motivation to prove them all wrong.

Coops,sad to say it but you are so spot on with this comment.In my line of work I encounter them every day and it's depressing.There are still some good ones but the younger generations are falling into this trap more and more

Guys, take 5 minutes, go on newyourkjets.com and watch the geno smith interview. Or go on youtube and watch geno with Gruden.

This is a smart, humble, and dedicate guy who loves the game. A diva attitude is the last thing you see. Trent Dilfer runs a camp every year and he says Geno was the most prepared and dedicated guy there. This whole thing is bull ****. If anything, Geno is a bit of an introvert, so he can come off a little weird.

That is how I feel. Geno is a creative type who was an artist growing up, I could definitely see him as a bit of an introvert.

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Source 1 “according to NFL talent evaluators”

Source 2 “according to a league source”

Source 3 “After falling out of the first round, the former West Virginia star threatened to leave the draft and go home.

Source 4 “an NFC scout said”

Source 5 “as first reported by Yahoo! Sports ”

Source 6 “A league source confirmed the report”

Source 7 “In fact, an official from one team”

Source 8 “according to a league source”

Source 9 “a source said.”

Source 10 NOT CITED BUT REPORTED BY NYJscout.com FIVE DAYS AGO "We've visited him, we went out to dinner with him, we brought him to New York, we went to his pro day, we've watched him play, we've been on his campus," general manager John Idzik said. "So we did our homework on Geno and we got a real good feel for him."
Source 11 “he's not a student of the game ... and doesn't command respect from teammates." Cited to Pro Football Weekly as reported week before draft.

Source 12 “an AFC personnel executive said”

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This NFL.com article has an interesting (albeit obvious) theory about where the bad press for Geno is coming from. I guess there are enough reporters who will plant stories for agents in order to get future scoops (and/or front office people who will offer anonymous quotes to stay on the good side of agents who they'll have to negotiate with later).

Geno Smith under heavy 'scrutiny in league circles
By Gregg Rosenthal

It's like the pre-draft process never ended for Geno Smith. Fresh off the New York Jets quarterback's decision to fire his agents, Smith continues to get picked apart nationally.

Yahoo! Sports wrote a long takedown of Smith on Wednesday that starts by saying the "quarterback is still under great scrutiny in league circles."

This wouldn't be the case if Smith was drafted by a team other than the New York Jets. This also wouldn't be the case if Smith's former agents didn't have an agenda.

The Yahoo! report reveals details of a private client dinner in New York last week during which Smith called his agents "family," saying they would stay together his entire career. Days later, after the draft-day free fall, Smith fired the agents. The agents responded by releasing a blame-shifting statement to the media Tuesday night.

Other information that did not paint Smith in a flattering light conveniently leaked out to reporters Tuesday and in the Yahoo! Sports article. Smith reportedly turned off some teams by spending too much time on his cellphone during visits rather than engaging with team officials.

"All these other players who were in there were talking to the coaches, trying to get to know people, and he was over there by himself. That's not what you want out of your quarterback," one unnamed source told Yahoo!.

A league executive in the piece questioned whether Smith knows how to take instruction and said that Smith has tuned out other voices "because he thinks he's got it all down."

Another anonymous source: "Right now, he's blaming everybody but himself, and he has some buddies around him who are telling him that same thing."

Some of the criticisms about Smith's leadership style -- and how that style affected his draft stock -- could have merit. But Smith made a business decision to fire his agents, and he's getting punished for it in petty, unprofessional ways.

Not only did they not realize that he frequently checks his cellular telephone, but they also failed to realize THAT HE'S FROM FLORIDA - AND PROBABLY LIKES WARM WEATHER BETTER THAN COLD WEATHER. Think of the implications this will have for football at Metlife in December!

He played in the bad weather/snow of West Virginia. He is not a warm weather QB as you imply.